It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of not one, but two stunning books of poetry by Elizabeth Barrette. Elizabeth has been a poet for many years, has been involved both with writing and editing poetry, and has a wide range of experiences that she brings to life for the rest of […]

Scottsdale, Arizona, resident Mik Wilkens’ new novel, The Silver Cage, marks her debut as a fantasy writer, but Wilkens’ residence isn’t the novel’s only tie to Arizona. The main character, business consultant David Conner, was born and raised in Flagstaff and now lives in Scottsdale. “People tell you to write what you know,” Wilkens said. […]

Fantasy novelist Alma Alexander has recently experimented with the Espresso POD machine installed in her local independent bookstore, Village Books in Bellingham. “It wasn’t a hugely commercial project,” she said, “and it probably wouldn’t have been interesting to my regular publishers – so I put it together myself, this little book of a selection of […]

Tenth Orbit and Other Faraway Places, Gustavo Bondoni’s debut collection, has just launched from Altered Dimensions press. This is a collection of amazing, thought-provoking, and most of all entertaining science fiction stories from this modern master of short fiction. These stories have been published all over the genre – from mags to anthos to websites – and are together in book form […]

NATIONAL PARENTING CENTER IS ALL FIRED UP OVER TEPHRA THE DRAGON’S NEW HOME Winston Salem, NC (November 16, 2010) – If you found a baby floating down a stream in a wicker basket, or even opened your door and found that baby on the front step you’d take him in, wouldn’t you? Well, what if […]

Many are familiar with Joseph Campbell’s theory of the hero’s journey, the idea that every man from Moses to Hercules grows to adulthood while battling his dark alter-ego. Now From Girl to Goddess explores the universal heroine’s journey in ancient tales from Chile to China, upsetting popular notions of the passive, helpless girl. The questing […]